A Common Ground Dove apparently missing a tail. To west of entrance to
coast guard station. Along the road.
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Pete Morris and I looking at Common Ground-dove foraging and humming the tune
of "staying alive" under and to the right of the "HOLIDAY VILLAGE" sign by the
entrance ramps to the West End 2 parking lot.
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Joe Giunta led a joint Brooklyn Botanical Garden and Brooklyn Bird Club field
trip to Jones Beach and Pt Lookout. Starting at the Coast Guard Station, the
bar was home to AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, DUNLIN and a MARBLED GODWIT. In the
inlet were LONG-TAILED DUCK, COMMON and RED-THROATED LOONS, BON
The finding of today's Common Ground Dove started an interesting debate.
Which improbability is more likely? Did last week's dove escape the Merlin,
only sacrificing its tail? Or did two individuals of a species so rare in
New York wander to the same site independently twice in under a week? For
th
John Wittenberg asked me to post that the drake Harlequin Duck was refound
today (Saturday) around 1pm by Hank and Jody Levin on the access road to
Orient Beach State Park. The harlie was seen just past the mile marker for
1 mile, in a small raft of White-winged Scoter. This is a bird that was
in
I was at Orient Point Park today on the Park access road from 2;30 to
3;30. I usually see black and surf, but did not see scoters at all. much
less a flock of white winged with the the Harliequin. Just DC Cormorants, and
buffleheads. ( N0 eiders yet)
Got good looks and pictures of at